A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2004 I bought paper whites to force today.

I have gardened for over 38 years and never tried this.

If I want them to flower on April 16th for my daughter`s wedding, when do I need to plant them?

I have read 10-14 dats AND 4-6 weeks.

What is you experience? Thank you for any suggestions.

Hi Rue,

Check out this site:

Paperwhites

Paperwhites require no chilling before they are planted.

Bill\'s Info on Forcing Bulbs

There's some good info on there!

Please let us know how it turns out?
If it was easy or what little tricks you
did or didnt' do??

Weezie

Thanks weezie

I started half of the bulbs and in a few days am going to start the other half. Oh this is so exciting!

Rue,
I've never done them either,
but I think when my kids are older and
I have the room, *I have no window space,
Where little tiny pinkie's don't grab anything*
right now, but when I have the opportunity,
I'd like to do some,
my mom did some, my niece gave them to her
as a Christmas gift, I think they were pretty
but I can't remember if they had a kind of stinky
smell to them, wellllll, lets just say, not a pretty one. Let me know!
But I had wondered how to take care of them when they are done, and if they were reuseable....?...
Her's weren't!!! *I don't think*

Weezie

We've done them twice here...

once a few years ago when my daughter was in Brownies and they did this for a project -
sorry, but I could not go into the room they were growing in because of the smell :p :p

the second time I received one really large bulb from my sister for a holiday gift in a really tall vase with colored stones. It was a really pretty set-up, and cost her a small fortune (which was such a rip-off if you know how to do this yourself...), but the odor of that one bulb was enough to knock me out everytime I walked in the front door of the house!!! I ended up throwing the bulb out before it was done!

I know it's a personal preference - scents and all... but this is one I am definitely not able to be around.

LOL! Oh no!

Now I remember why I have never done these. Mom did these one time and the smell was horrible!

I dreaming that maybe the scent has been improved!?

Well I can always stick them way out in the garden FAR away from the house!

NOPE!! I DON"T THINK SO< BUT THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE!

I also smelled some about 6 weeks ago in the grocery store, and they were pretty raunchie too!
hehehehe, but, hey, you've got a "GIFT TO GIVE" heheehehehehe right on hand now...
Just kidding, Got a side window or something it can be in but not toooo close to the nose range?

I have bought in the grocery stores the primroses and the hyacinths' and they have a really pretty smell!!!

Weezie